Two nights ago we stayed at a country B&B and the man that ran the place has been living in the area all his life. It was a country estate which he and his siblings inherited I believe. He is really in to music and played great rock and roll on his stereo all day. He particularly likes Neil Young and could play a number of his songs on his harmonica! We had a nice afternoon sitting out on his property watching his cat catch insects in the tall grass, then go for a snooze and finally wake up and start jumping around wanting to play with us!
Today we arrived in Montflaquin early enough to have lunch in the main square .. then check out a church called Saint Andre which Marion took pics of for her sisters. The ride was easy today compared to yesterday although the specs came out similar (60km, 850m climbing).
The Chambre d'hote we are at has a fabulous view across the valley from this hill top village and the lady who runs it is very nice .. and I can understand most of her French! Of course she and Marion lead the conversation! She has invites us for aperitifs 6:30 before we walk into the village for dinner.
Glad you have had some good visits with Mom .. I'll try to visit soon after we are back and try to intersect with Ruth's visit!
Cheers Harold
On September 28, 2015 6:51:33 PM GMT+02:00, Chris Blount <nlblount@ntl.sympatico.ca> wrote: >Happy Birthdays you guys. > > > >60 is kind of a milestone. I dunno. The years just whiz by... > > > >I enjoy your pictures. There are quite a few of horses lately. I wonder >if >you are subconsciously thinking it would be nice to ride horses and >then you >wouldn't have to do all that damn peddling. > > > >We are having nice fall weather. Cool clear nights and nice sunny days. >The >lake is wavy and sparkly this time of year. > >Last week I was at a course in Boston and enjoyed the change. > > > >I bought myself a nice Roland electric piano/organ/ synthesizer this >summer >and it has been great to do some music again. > >I have Fake books with melody and chords and I like tinkering with >chord >sequences and inversions. There are a lot of video clips on YouTube on >piano >chording which are very interesting. They have topics like "How to use >augmented chords". Deb doesn't like my music so If she is around I use >headphones. I've got a couple of 50 watt amplifiers that I plug in when >I >want loud music for the dog and me. > > > >Gunnar has gone to live in Wanhapitae with Emily. Just Kali, the >boxer, >left for us. Jadine has a new 13 week old puppy. Ball of fire. > > > >YouTube also has great Arabic language lesson videos. I was mostly >interested in reading and writing script last year but with these >videos I >think I might start to recognize some speech. I have lately realized >that I >should not be using the most common references to All 'ah since I am >not a >Muslim myself. (Muslims are urged to bless the Lord as often as >possible.) >Alhamdilalah. > > > >The local internist gives me a check up a couple of times a year and >this >morning she suggested I adopt your life style. May be not quite so many >kilometres per day. I 'll think about it. > > > >Chris > > > >
